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ODPH Executive Recruitment 2024-2025

PHAC Letter for suggested changes to: Your Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy Resource

This is an advocacy letter to Public Health Agency of Canada, suggesting changes to the resource "Your Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy"

Local Food Infrastructure Fund Response 2023

Letter sent to Minister Marie Claude Bibeau on Jun 19, 2023, carbon copied to Minister Karina Gould, Minister Jean Yves Duclos and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Letter re federal consultation on school food policy

Letter on behalf of ODPH written by SNWG and FIWG Dec 2022

COVID-19 Basic Income Support Letter May 4 2020

A serious public health problem – household food insecurity, due to household financial constraints – which has unquestionably become worse with the COVID-19 pandemic. Now is the time for Canada to plan and deliver a robust basic income guarantee that protects working-age citizens from falling below an income floor that is adequate to meet basic needs.

OPRS ODPH Submission March 20, 2020

Ontario Poverty Reduction Strategy Response submitted March 20, 2020.

Response to proposed amendments to the Ontario Food Premise regulations - Nov 2019

ODPH response to proposed changes to Food Premise Regulations 493/17 November 2019 - submitted by email form

2018-2019 Annual Report Final

2018-19 ODPH Annual Report, updated Nov 2019 with final financials

Member Survey Infographic June 2019

letter re Public Health Modernization - final June 3 2019

letter to Minister Elliott re Public Health Modernization June 3 2019

2018-2019 Annual Report Appendix

appendix to the ODPH's annual report, workgroup highlights

ODPH support for Bill 60, establishing a Social Assistance Research Commission

Ontario Dietitians in Public Health express concerns about the 1.6 million Ontarians who experience food insecurity.

Dietitans of Canada Ontario region pre-budget recommendation Feb. 2019

Dietitans of Canada Ontario region pre-budget recommendation Feb. 2019- ODPH provided input and collaboration on this submission

ODPH response to Northern Policy Institute's Commentary No. 26 on Setting the Table: Food Insecurity and costs in Ontario's North

ODPH response to Northern Policy Institute's Commentary No. 26 on Setting the Table: Food Insecurity and costs in Ontario's North

Federal Cannabis Edibles Consultation - Health Canada

ODPH Edible Cannabis WG response to Cannabis Act- Feb. 2019

ODPH letter Food Literacy in the Curriculum Dec 2018

letter from ODPH re food literacy in the curriculum, response to consultation Dec 2018

2017-2018 Annual Report

ODPH's Annual Report for 2017-2018

DC/ODPH/OPHA Joint Letter re: Food Epi Report

Joint letter (Dietitians of Canada (Ontario), Ontario Dietitians in Public Health and the Ontario Public Health Association) to Deputy Ministers of Health and Long-term Care, Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs, Education, and Child and Youth Services) calling attention to the report, “Creating healthier food environments in Canada: Current policies and priority actions, Ontario Fall 2017” as it offers evidence-based recommendations that can improve the food environment and eating behaviours of Ontarians.

Liaison Coordinator Report Jan 2018 (ES)

report from working groups

ODPH January 2018 Liaison Report (JH)

Liaison report for January 2018 from Jane Hammingh

ODPH response to proposed changes to the Health Protection and Promotion Act

ODPH response to the MOHLTC regarding the proposed changes to the Health Protection and Promotion Act, Regulation #566, Qualification of Board of Health Staff

Trans Fat Technical Consultation: ODPH Response

Trans Fat Technical Consultation: ODPH response December 2016

2015-2016 Annual Report ODPH Workgroups Highlights

ODPH Working Group Highlights that accompany the Annual Report for 2015-2016

ODPH Executive Liaison Report April 2016 AL

ODPH Executive Liaison Report April 2016 AL

Ottawa Principles Endorsment Letter

A letter from ODPH to the Childhood Obesity Foundation and the Heart and Stroke Foundation endorsing the ‘Ottawa Principles’. These are a series of principles that outline the scope and regulatory measures needed to curb children’s exposure to persuasive marketing of food and beverages. While the principles do differ slightly from our organization’s position, we have chosen to fully support them.

HKP Follow up response - July 31, 2013

ODPH provided a follow up and more thorough response to the  No Time To Wait: The Healthy Kids Strategy  - the report from the Healthy Kids Panel, commissioned by the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care.

ODPH initial response to Healthy Kids Strategy Report

ODPH provides an initial response to the release of  No Time To Wait: The Healthy Kids Strategy  – the report from the Healthy Kids Panel, commissioned by the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care. 

Presentation to Healthy Kids Panel

ODPH submission to the  Healthy Kids Panel  calling for the panel to take an upstream approach to curbing childhood overweight in Ontario. On October 5, 2012 ODPH had a meeting with Phyllis Tanaka, RD to review our priorities. 

Call for the prohibition of advertising and sale of energy drinks to children and adolescents - ODPH sponsored alPHa resolutio

ODPH sponsored an Association of Local Public Health Agencies (alPHa) resolution to recommend that Health Canada and the Province of Ontario prohibit the advertising and sale of energy drinks to children and adolescents

Letter to the Public Heath Agency of Canada

A letter to the Public Health Agency of Canada to support Dietitians of Canada funding proposal titled "Operationalizing New Integrated Competencies for Dietetic Education and Practice related to Public Health Nutrition/Health Promotion, into Curriculum".

Letter to Ministry of Health Promotion and Sport regarding support for Nutrition Resource Centre (NRC)

A letter to the Ministry of Health Promotion and Sport (MHPS) to encourage the continued support of the Nutrition Resource Centre (NRC), and to request that ODPH be invited to provide input into NRC’s strategic planning process.

ODPH Letter regarding PHNCAC

ODPH commends the Ministry of Health Promotion and Sport, and the Chronic Disease Prevention Managers for recognizing the need to examine issues related to public health nutrition capacity in Ontario. We recognize there are health units across the province where recruitment and retention of public health nutritionists and public health dietitians are problematic. The letter makes several recommendations which include having an ODPH representative on the Public Health Nutritionist Capacity Advisory Committee (PHNCAC).

Letter to Minister Aglukkaq regarding leadership in protecting children from commercial marketing at the World Health Assembly a

ODPH urges the Minister to champion the health and well-being of children in the World Health Assembly talks, and enact strong measures in Canada to protect children from commercial marketing, including the three-quarters of Canadian children living outside of Quebec who do not have the benefit of that province’sConsumer Protection Act.